page_title: Xenosaurus platyceps
hierarchical_section_title: Xenosaurus platyceps
caption_attribution_description: English: Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps), Family, Xenosauridae. This lizard was photographed in the vicinity of the type locality, west of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico 12 July 2004, William L. Farr
context_page_description: Xenosaurus platyceps, the flathead knob-scaled lizard, is a lizard found in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Its natural habitat is dry scrub forest and oak savanna. The species is endangered due to habitat fragmentation for the development of tourism and agriculture as well as predation by feral cats. Currently, the flathead knob-scaled lizard does not live in a protected area.
context_section_description: Xenosaurus platyceps, the flathead knob-scaled lizard, is a lizard found in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Its natural habitat is dry scrub forest and oak savanna. The species is endangered due to habitat fragmentation for the development of tourism and agriculture as well as predation by feral cats. Currently, the flathead knob-scaled lizard does not live in a protected area.
caption: Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps) from the vicinity of the type locality, west of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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